Treatment of tobacco dependence as a treatment of lung diseases
Symposium Chairs: C. Gratziou (Athens, Greece), G. Viegi (Pisa, Italy)
Aims: This symposium aims to show why and how to integrate tobacco cessation (or reduction) in the treatment of lung cancer and COPD.
At the end of the symposium, the audience will know the benefit of why and how:
- to treat tobacco dependence in all patients with COPD and lung carcinoma;
- to organise preoperatively smoking cessation;
- dependence treatment is assessed in the intensive care unit.